I was living in Europe when the family and I decided to immigrate to OZ, I left a good flying job and was genuinely excited to work for an Aussie Airline as all the Aussies I had met in my travels were very laid back and friendly. On one of my last flights the Captain I was with was an ex Cathay guys and when he found out I was going to OZ he said 'christ mate you are in for some pain, every Aussie check pilot I have ever encountered is a thruster and make everything hard work'. I assumed he just had a bad experience, within a month of joining my new gig I regretted it big time, I had no idea just how miserable an experience you could make flying an airliner so I quit and went to another carrier. Same thing unfortunately, it has improved a lot since then but in comparison to the rest of the world Australia is a horrible place to be a pilot, training systems are archaic, CASA is a nightmare and unity amongst pilots is nowhere to be found. Everyone keeps telling me about 89 and seem to use this as an excuse for screwing each other over. It is a shame, but still a great place to live, just the aviation industry is f@#ked.